It won’t be entirely a blackout when Washington State visits Oregon this weekend.

In honor of national breast cancer awareness month, the Oregon football team partnered with Nike to make pink helmets for Saturday’s game against the Cougars. Following the contest, helmets will be sold off and all proceeds will be directly donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a fund that specializes in fighting women’s cancers.

Quarterback Marcus Mariota walks by the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex towards the Oregon locker room after practice on Thursday, October 17 in Eugene, Ore. (Jonathan Hawthorne/Emerald)

Being known for their unique and intricate uniforms, speculation assumed that it was only a matter of time before the Ducks featured some sort of pink uniform. The reason it’s happening now is due to the efforts of the current players.

“The neat part about most of this is that it was player driven,” head coach Mark Helfrich said Thursday. “There were several guys that wanted to honor breast cancer awareness.”

While words such as “flashy” and “new-age” have been associated with the Ducks’ uniform choices in the past, Helfrich said the important thing to note is why they’re making the choice to wear pink helmets.

“We always like to think that we’re about what’s in the uniform or the cause behind the uniform,” Helfrich said. “It’s not about us, it’s about the cause. It’s an honor to be a part of.”

Starting after the finish of the game on Saturday between Washington State and Oregon, one helmet will be sold each day for five consecutive days. Helmets will be sold in an auction format.